Chapter 1157 The Story of Paris (10)

The biggest difference between a pawnshop and Gringotts may be here. In the vault of Gringotts, the treasures of customers can be placed according to their own preferences, while the vault of the pawnshop belongs to the pawnshop itself, and the goods inside are placed one after another. In the sack, there is still a pawn ticket hanging on it, showing the name of the original owner.

The pawn shop recognizes the ticket but not the person, and the pharmaceutical company can exchange the pawned items with the pawn ticket and the principal and interest. Some items were taken out of the sacks and placed on display shelves, as if they were no longer owned, and no one would come to redeem them.

There were everything from Egyptian bottles to porcelain from the Orient, to beautifully crafted jewelry boxes, to shiny cloths woven with silver threads, to gold and silver of all kinds. The golden star decoration like a meteor hammer hangs from the ceiling, and there are some dusty instruments. They seem to be related to astrology, and the golden engravings on them are still very bright.

"Aren't you going to tell me what these things are?" Pomona asked the old goblin.

The old goblin showed his pitch-black fangs and smiled sarcastically, "I look like a shopping guide?"

Pomona was very depressed.

"Buying things in the pawnshop is all about your own eyesight." Severus walked up to Pomona and whispered, "Maybe he was wrong and underestimated the value of that thing."

But it is also possible that the customer was tricked by the pawnshop and bought a fake thing to go back and store it as a treasure.

She added in her heart.

Hepzibah Smith bought a fake Slytherin locket, Boginbock is familiar with her habits, she is an old lady who lives alone, with only one house-elf, and she doesn't care if she gets the treasure. It will be displayed to guests in a showcase like the Blakes.

The advantage of the dark wizard family is that others know that you are not easy to mess with, and they dare not fool you at will.

The downside is that others look at you with prejudice. Wormtail took advantage of this to frame Sirius so easily. Warm-blooded creatures can't grow in a nest of poisonous snakes.

Hufflepuff is a student for idiots, Slytherins are villains, and Gryffindors are warriors.

The old hat says Harry desperately doesn't want to be in Slytherin...

Speaking of hats, Pomona remembered one thing.

"Are there any hats made by Madame Bonnabille here?" she asked.

"You can find it yourself." The old goblin said without service spirit, "I'm just here to make sure you don't steal things."

No wonder wizards don't like goblins.

Pomona shook her head and began to look around in the "trash dump".

The dust accumulated here was as thick as a century, and she had just picked up something that looked like a hat box, and the dust that hit her face almost choked her to death.

"How often do you clean?" Pomona asked the old goblin as she waved the dust away.

"Let me think about it, the Muggles didn't have a subway when I came last time." The old goblin smiled maliciously, "It took a lot of effort to get them to bypass the Ministry of Magic, and there are some things underground in Paris that cannot be awakened." of."

Pomona didn't want to ask what these "can't be awakened" things were.

After removing the box, she found an Easter egg, exquisitely crafted, with gold threads shaped like vines, forming an elegant base, supporting a transparent pale yellow glass ball.

It appears to be openable from the middle, except that it appears to be broken, with cracks all over the glass.

"When I first received it, it could still sing." The old goblin murmured resentfully, "That kid must have accidentally broken it."

Pomona thought of the golden egg of the Triwizard Tournament.

The singing voice of the mermaid is absolutely beautiful, so what is the singing voice of this egg?

"You can't fix it?" Pomona asked the old goblin.

"Obviously, not every goblin has the talent to make magic items." Severus sneered. "The half-breed goblins of Ravenclaw are better at magic spells."

"Don't say that." Pomona shook her head at him, even if it was acting, it was too much.

"This thing once belonged to the Muggle Emperor, Rudolph II of the House of Habsburg."

"Oh~" Pomona withdrew her hand that was going to touch it.

"Who made it?" Severus asked.

"John Deere's colleagues, Edward Kelly, they all worked for the emperor who loved alchemy." The old goblin said with a smile, "He claimed that he used a crystal ball to communicate with angels or ghosts, and he and Deere He worked together to study the language of communication with angels, but many people think he is a liar, he claimed to know the secret of how to turn ordinary metal into gold, cheated a large sum of money from Rudolf II, for which he accepted As punishment, his ears were cut off, for which he always wore a hat without a brim."

"Does Edward Kelly have anything to do with this store?" Severus asked.

"Are you going to buy this glass ball? I can make it cheaper for you." said the old goblin.

"It's just a rag," Pomona said.

"But if you fix it, you can hear the singing of the kingdom of heaven." The old goblin said seductively, "Even though he has a bad reputation, Edward Kelly is also a famous wizard."

Alchemists were the first to explore the essence of the world, but many people think that alchemists are liars. They use human greed to set traps, use fool's gold to pretend to be gold, and trick people into investing in their technology.

Alchemy is considered to be the predecessor of chemistry.

In essence, the German Brant extracted phosphorus from urine to make gold and make a fortune. This purpose has nothing to do with philosophers at all, but can he be denied as a member of the alchemists?

He got a drunken clue and put it into practice for a delusion, but he succeeded by luck, unlike other alchemists who failed.

Maybe Edward Kelly failed in other ways, but the language he discovered to communicate with angels must be fake?

Even Athena couldn't refuse the most beautiful temptation, competing with Cupid and Hera.

Women's comparability is almost innate. Mermaids may not care about the crown, but they are proud of their singing voice. Is the singing of the kingdom of heaven good, or the singing of mermaids?

With a rival, it would be better for them to practice singing in the Black Lake than to raise Grindylow to relieve boredom, provided that she can fix it and the glass ball can really sing like an angel.

"How could an Englishman go to Paris?" Pomona whispered.

"You are also British, why did you come to Paris?" the old goblin asked back, "Do you think Paris is more beautiful, or London is more beautiful?"

"Shut up, goblin," cursed Pomona, trying to put the lid back on the globe, but she couldn't.

Rudolph II did nothing in terms of governing the country, and even almost plunged the whole of Europe into the turmoil of the Thirty Years War, but he was a person who believed in occultism.

In order to obtain the legendary Philosopher's Stone, he spent a lot of financial resources to support the development of alchemy, and modern chemistry was born in this process.

She didn't choose so many gorgeous jewelry out there, but chose such a broken glass ball, what was she thinking?

"I want to continue talking after the appraisal." Severus said, "I don't trust you."

The goblin was lost in thought.

"I don't want gold." The old goblin said, "I want the bottle of phoenix tears just now. If you agree to this, I can take it and find a place with you for appraisal."

"A bottle of Phoenix tears for a glass ball?" Severus sneered. "No."

"You can find one more thing."

"I want a vial of water dragon's blood, and one other item."

"We don't have water dragons here," said the goblin decisively.

"Then what was that creature outside guarding here just now?" Severus asked.

"That's an eel, but it also has magical powers, and I can take its blood for you," said the old goblin.

"Won't it cause trouble?" Pomona asked. "I know that kind of beast comes from the east."

"As long as you don't let the Orientals know." The old goblin said fiercely.

"How did it get here?" Severus asked.

"I don't know, maybe it's smuggled goods, maybe it's someone's pet, we've had a lot of trouble trying to catch it," said the old goblin.

"The French Ministry of Magic allows you to exist?" Pomona asked.

"I heard that Death Eaters broke into Hogwarts by using the disappearing cabinet of Bojin Blog. Why didn't the British Ministry of Magic ban it?" The old goblin asked again.

Yes, that's right, the Anti-Dark Arts League won, why didn't Bojinbok, a shop that sells black magic supplies, be banned?

There is an old proverb in the East, if the water is too clear, there will be no fish.

But Pomona didn't intend to say that.

Although it feels uncomfortable to be despised, their goal has been achieved.

Playing stupid is necessary, we all know that, as long as playing stupid doesn't turn into really stupid.

Pomona looked back at the ugly glass ball again, why was it a bad one?